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rdgrnr — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:34:28 GMT

<br />And it's not true that telethon producers quickly cut his mike before he could say more. He did make more stupid comments after that. He said something to the effect of George Bush has declared open season on blacks or some such stupid nonsense as that. He could use a good smack down just for general principles.

Original Blog Entry: George W. Bush says Kanye moment 'disgusting'

truesee — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 12:45:49 GMT

November 3rd, 201002:53 AM ET

Bush says Kanye moment 'disgusting'

CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney

(CNN) Long before rapper Kanye West ruined musician Taylor Swift's night at the 2009 MTV Music Awards, he single-handedly caused one of the lowest points in George W. Bush's presidency.

That's according to the former president in an interview with NBC's Matt Lauer, during which he said West's unexpected outburst during a 2005 Hurricane Katrina telethon amounted to one of the most disgusting moments in my presidency.

That [means] 'he's a racist,' Bush tells Lauer in an upcoming interview, according to the Today Show Web site And I didn't appreciate it then. I don't appreciate it now. I resent it, it's not true.

Pressed if Bush meant to say that the West moment was more difficult for him to deal with than witnessing the devastating destruction caused by Hurricane Katrina, Bush said no.

I also make it clear that the misery in Louisiana affected me deeply as well, Bush said.

There's a lot of tough moments in the book. And it was a disgusting moment, pure and simple.

During the widely-viewed 2005 Concert for Hurricane Relief, West said in an unscripted moment said that George Bush doesn't care about black people. Telethon producers quickly cut West's microphone before he could say more.

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